Model comparison

GPT-5.4 nano vs Qwen3 14B

GPT-5.4 nano is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI

41.9

Rank #125 Confirmed

Qwen3 14B Alibaba (Qwen)

35.5

Rank #225 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 nano scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3 14B in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.4 nano leads 43.6 to 37.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 30% for GPT-5.4 nano and 4% for Qwen3 14B.
  • GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper at $0.20 / $1.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.35 / $1.40 for Qwen3 14B.
  • GPT-5.4 nano accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 131K.
  • Qwen3 14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen3 14B specifications
GPT-5.4 nanoQwen3 14B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.935.5
Released2026-03-172025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K131K
Max output128K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.20$0.35
Output $ / M tokens$1.25$1.40
Results tracked4012

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 43.6 (#84), Qwen3 14B: 37.3 (#195)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3 14B
SciCode46.9%31.6%
WeirdML49.2%—
LMArena Coding1405—
ALE-Bench1,005—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4 nano: —, Qwen3 14B: 29.6 (#83)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3 14B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—41%

Reasoning GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 23.7 (#173), Qwen3 14B: 18.5 (#280)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3 14B
Kagi LLM Benchmark39.7%49.1%
CritPt9.3%0%
Chess Puzzles30%4%
DTBench80.3%64%
LMCA36.9%18.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.81138.23
ARC-AGI-25.7%—
ARC-AGI-151.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1381—
Mystery Game Puzzles9%—
ForecastBench57.3—

Math GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 40.9 (#88), Qwen3 14B: 38.6 (#133)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3 14B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%66.4%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)44.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 412.2%—
ProofBench5%—
LMArena Math1406—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)25.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)6.3%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 41.9 (#103), Qwen3 14B: 39.3 (#134)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3 14B
GPQA Diamond78.5%63.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.1%5.4%
SimpleQA Verified11.7%—
LMArena Expert1396—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 nano: 36.7 (#78), Qwen3 14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3 14B
LMArena Vision1196—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.4 nano: 48.6 (#140), Qwen3 14B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3 14B
LMArena Non-English1359—
LMArena Chinese1392—
LMArena French1396—
LMArena German1367—
LMArena Japanese1343—
LMArena Korean1320—
LMArena Russian1363—
LMArena Spanish1371—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.4 nano: 71.9 (#144), Qwen3 14B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3 14B
LMArena Instruction Following1362—

Long Context GPT-5.4 nano leads

GPT-5.4 nano: 41.6 (#137), Qwen3 14B: 38.1 (#204)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3 14B
Fiction.LiveBench—62.5%
LMArena Longer Query1366—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.4 nano: 55.7 (#142), Qwen3 14B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 nanoQwen3 14B
LMArena Text1372—
LMArena Creative Writing1314—
LMArena Multi-Turn1382—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 nano better than Qwen3 14B?

GPT-5.4 nano is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 nano or Qwen3 14B?

GPT-5.4 nano is cheaper. It lists at $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.25 per million output tokens; Qwen3 14B lists at $0.35 and $1.40.

Is GPT-5.4 nano or Qwen3 14B better for coding?

GPT-5.4 nano scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 37.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 nano does, with 400K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 nano and Qwen3 14B share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 nano has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 14B has 12.

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